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Meanings of wicket gate in English

Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

Usage of wicket gate in English
1
The click of the wicket gate was the signal for instant disappearance.
Greyfriars Bobby
2
I turned the sheep into the garden, and shut the wicket gate.
The Loss of the Royal George
3
The click of the wicket gate was another sort of alarm altogether.
Greyfriars Bobby
4
The mother urged him on, walking swiftly toward the little wicket gate.
Mother
5
Mr. Brown was setting the little wicket gate inside, against the wall.
Greyfriars Bobby
6
He held open the little wicket gate for her to pass through.
Good Old Anna
7
Frances Freeland, glancing through the window, saw them unlatching the wicket gate.
The Freelands
8
They had now reached a wicket gate in the wall of the park.
Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
9
And went out by the wicket gate leading into the fields.
The Lamp of Fate
10
Neither of them noticed a tall figure at the wicket gate.
The Daughters of Danaus
11
At night the wicket gate is replaced by a solid door.
Father Goriot
12
They kissed each other at the little wicket gate, and parted.
"My Novel" — Volume 06
13
There is your way in, he added, pointing to a little wicket gate.
Two Poets
14
A black-haired woman dressed in blue came to the wicket gate in their place.
The Freelands
15
The servant made humble apologies, and opened the wicket gate.
The Countess of Saint Geran / Celebrated Crimes
16
The one exception was a small wicket gate or door.
The Killer